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Cannot set up Alerts on my ReadyNAS RN314
Email issues: What are the settings for Yahoo and Gmail for alerts? I am using my correct username/password from each, and an SMTP Server of smtp.att.yahoo.com/smtp.gmail.com, and both use Port 587. M...
Hi,
After sending the last few days trying to get alerts sent to my gmail account to work I finally have.
Within the alerts section I have the following:
Email: this is the gmail email address where you want the alerts sent to (xxx@gmail.com)
Select Automatic
Email Account Provider: Custom
User: The same email address as above
Password: The Password for the account
Within Advance Options:
SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Port: 465
From: I have used the name of the NAS Drive
Use TLS: tick.
Now log into your gmail account through your browser.
Select Account and security, from account permissions select access for less secure apps and enable. Make sure you save the settings by clicking DONE.
Now press the send test message, and your alerts should work.
FYI I also have invested in the APC Battery Backup 700va - The NAS drive picked this up without any problems.
Nick.
After sending the last few days trying to get alerts sent to my gmail account to work I finally have.
Within the alerts section I have the following:
Email: this is the gmail email address where you want the alerts sent to (xxx@gmail.com)
Select Automatic
Email Account Provider: Custom
User: The same email address as above
Password: The Password for the account
Within Advance Options:
SMTP Server: smtp.gmail.com
SMTP Port: 465
From: I have used the name of the NAS Drive
Use TLS: tick.
Now log into your gmail account through your browser.
Select Account and security, from account permissions select access for less secure apps and enable. Make sure you save the settings by clicking DONE.
Now press the send test message, and your alerts should work.
FYI I also have invested in the APC Battery Backup 700va - The NAS drive picked this up without any problems.
Nick.
Thanks, Nick! That did the trick perfectly. And actually, what I noticed was that even though my NAS indicated that the emails were not being sent, apparently they are. I very much like that I now get virus alerts and rebuild alerts. I lost a disk in my 4x1TB RN104 and I didn't get the alerts. I replaced the disk and it's rebuilding now, but the rebuild is going in another post. Oye!
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